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Foundations of exercise physiology 23.09.24 Flashcards

1
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What are the 5 levels of the body? How is the body organised.

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Chemical
Cellular
Tissue
Organ
System

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What does the chemical level consist of?

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118 known elements

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3
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How Many elements are found naturally?

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94

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4
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What is the role of the cellular level?

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Basic building block
Smallest structural unit

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5
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What is a tissue?

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Similar cells grouped together

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6
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What are the 4 types of tissue?

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Epithelial
Connective
Muscular
Nervous

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7
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What is on the organ level?

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Structures of two or more tissues
Specific function and shape

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8
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What is the System level?

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Related organs
common functions
organs can be part off more than one system

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9
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What are basic life processes?

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Processes that distinguish living and non-living things

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10
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What is metabolism?

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sum of chemical processes in order to maintain life

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11
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what are the 2 components of metabolism?

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Anabolic
Catabolic

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12
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Define anabolic

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Helping to build up

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13
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Define catabolic

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to break something down

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14
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Define responsiveness

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to detect and respond to change

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15
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Define growth

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an increase in body size

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16
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Define hyperplasia (growth)

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New cells

17
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Define Hypertrophy (growth)

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Increasing cell size

18
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Define Accretion (growth)

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Increase in layers within a cell

19
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Define differentiation

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cells develop from unspecialised to specialised (stem)

20
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Define movement/ transport

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“in motion”

21
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Define reproduction

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New life
Growth and replacement

22
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Define Mass

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Amount of matter in an object

23
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Unit for mass?

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Grams (g) or Kilograms (Kg)

24
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Define weight

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sum of mass and gravitational attention of the earth

25
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What is weight measured in?

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Newtons (N)

26
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Define density

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mass per unit of material substance

27
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What is Density measured in?

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Mass/volume eg. g/cm3

28
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What is in the atomic structure?

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Protons
Neutrons
Electrons

29
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What charge does a proton have?

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Positive

30
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What charge does an Electron have?

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Negative

31
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What is a molecule?

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Two or more atoms bonded together chemically, either of the same (diatomic) or different elements (polyatomic)

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What does diatomic mean?

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Two or more atoms of the same element

33
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What does polyatomic mean?

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two or more atoms of different elements

34
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What is a compound?

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type of molecule consisting of 2 or more different elements

35
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What is an Anion?

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a negative charge as a result of gaining or losing an electron

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38
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What can antioxidants do?

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Can reduce free radicals

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